8-Nov-2010; Megan Stubbs; 17 p.Update: Previous releases:
June 22, 2010.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, 2008 farm bill) created the
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The two main purposes of BCAP are (1) to support
the establishment and production of eligible crops for conversion to bioenergy in selected areas,
and (2) to assist ag.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy

21-Sep-2010; Megan Stubbs; 29 p.Update: Previous releases:
December 28, 2009.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: Agricultural conservation has been a public policy issue for more than 60 years. Congress has
repeatedly taken action on the issue through water and soil legislation, often as part of omnibus
farm bills. Early policy decisions were directed at addressing natural resource concerns on the
farm, pri.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture

15-Sep-2010; Tadlock Cowan; 14 p.Update: Previous releases:
May 20, 2010
September 11, 2008
January 3, 2008
August 16, 2007
Februaru 14, 2007
February 4, 2005
May 19, 2005.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, provides payments to farmers to take
highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland out of production for ten years or more. It
is the federal government’s largest private land retirement program. The program is administered
by the F.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Natural Resources, Legislative

8-Sep-2010; Megan Stubbs; 30 p.Update: Previous releases:
March 25, 2010.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently administer over 20 programs and subprograms
that are directly or indirectly available to assist producers and landowners who wish to practice
conservation on .... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Biodiversity, Information

2-Sep-2010; Tadlock Cowen; 39 p.Update: Previous releases:
February 13, 2009
March 7, 2005.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: U.S. soybean, cotton, and corn farmers have rapidly adopted genetically engineered (GE)
varieties of these crops since their commercialization in the mid-1990s. Over the last decade, GE
varieties in the United States have increased from 3.6 million acres to 143 million acres.
Worldwide, 25 countr.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Science & Technology

13-Aug-2010; Megan Stubbs; 20 p.Update: Previous releases:
March 22, 2010
January 23, 2009
September 17, 2008
October 29, 2007
October 1, 2007.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm
bill) extends and expands many of the renewable energy programs originally
authorized in the 2002 farm bill. The bill also continues the emphasis on the research
and development of advanced and cellulosic bioenergy author.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Energy

28-Jul-2010; Kelsi Bracmort, Randy Schnepf, Megan Stubbs, Brent Yacobucci; 26 p.Abstract: Cellulosic biofuels are produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable
biomass. They are thought by many to hold the key to increased benefits from renewable biofuels
because they are made from potentially low-cost, diverse, non-food feedstocks. Cellulosic
biofuels could also p.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Agriculture, Energy